Main description:

First published in 1943, Vitamins and Hormones is the longest-running serial published by Academic Press. The Editorial Board now reflects expertise in the field of hormone action, vitamin action, X-ray crystal structure, physiology and enzyme mechanisms.

Under the capable and qualified editorial leadership of Dr. Gerald Litwack, Vitamins and Hormones continues to publish cutting-edge reviews of interest to endocrinologists, biochemists, nutritionists, pharmacologists, cell biologists and molecular biologists. Others interested in the structure and function of biologically active molecules like hormones and vitamins will, as always, turn to this series for comprehensive reviews by leading contributors to this and related disciplines.

This volume focuses on vitamins and the immune system.

Contents:

1. Vitamin D Regulation of Immune Function Daniel D Bikle, MD, PhD 2. Vitamin D and innate and adaptive immunity Martin Hewison, PhD 3. Dendritic Cells Modified by Vitamin D: Future Immunotherapy for Autoimmune Diseases Ayako Wakatsuki Pedersen, Mogens Helweg Claesson and Mai-Britt Zocca 4. Retinoic Acid, Immunity, and Inflammation Chang H. Kim 5. Vitamin A and retinoic acid in the regulation of B cell development and antibody production A. Catharine Ross, Qiuyan Chen and Yifan Ma 6. Retinoic Acid Production By Intestinal Dendritic Cells Makoto Iwata and Aya Yokota 7. Immune Regulator Vitamin A And T Cell Death Nikolai Engedal 8. Vitamin E And Immunity Didem Pekmezci 9. Vitamin D effects on lung immunity and Respiratory diseases Sif Hansdottir MD, MS and Martha M. Monick PhD 10. Maternal Vitamin D During Pregnancy And Its Relation To Immune-Mediated Diseases In The Offspring Erkkola M, Nwaru BI and Viljakainen HT 11. Vitamin D Deficiency And Connective Tissue Disease Eva Zold, Zsolt Barta, Edit Bodolay 12. Key Roles Of Vitamin A, C, And E In Aflatoxin B1 Induced Oxidative Stress Lokman Alpsoy and Mehmet Emir Yalvac 13. Vitamin D, Vitamin D Receptor And Cathelicidin In The Treatment Of Tuberculosis P. Selvaraj 14. Vitamin D endocrine system and the immune response in rheumatic diseases Maurizio Cutolo, M. Plebani, Yehuda Shoenfeld, Luciano Adorini, Angela Tincani 15. L-carnitine and Intestinal Inflammation Genevieve Fortin 16. Vitamin D And Inflammatory Bowel Disease Sandro Ardizzone, Andrea Cassinotti, Maurizio Bevilacqua, Mario Clerici and Gabriele Bianchi Porro 17. Vitamin D deficiency and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a vicious circle Wim Janssens, Chantal Mathieu, Steven Boonen and Marc Decramer 18. Vitamin D as a T cell modulator in multiple sclerosis Joost Smolders and Jan Damoiseaux 19. Vitamin D in Solid Organ Transplantation with Special Emphasis on Kidney Transplantation Ursula Thiem and Kyra Borchhardt